Venus and Mars Matchmaking ensures through a screening and selection process, that potential romantic partners are carefully matched based on family values, background, personality, and other important considerations unique to each individual. Each Client will receive the personal guidance, honesty, and support to make his or her experience comfortable and satisfying.more...See more text
When you enter the office of Venus and Mars Matchmaking, you know you’re in good hands. The sign on the door is discreet. It says only "Cheryl Bursey," referring to its owner. The initial interview takes place inside a formal boardroom, stocked with black leather chairs and decorated with colourful abstract paintings. Cheryl, dressed elegantly in black, inspires confidence with a firm handshake and a direct gaze. An hour-long interview followed by a detailed questionnaire ensues.
Cheryl prides herself on her company’s personal approach. Unlike other matchmakers, she meets everyone herself. Her clients tend to be eminent, fit professionals who want to take the work and the risk out of dating. Cheryl carefully screens all her clients to ensure the information provided is accurate. But not everyone is slung by Cupid’s arrow: those looking for hookups, and those fixated on their exes, are politely dispatched.
Prior to matchmaking, Cheryl owned a head-hunting company, finding senior executives for ad agencies. But the growing popularity of sites like LinkedIn threatened to make her work redundant. “Also, I wanted something more fun,” says Cheryl, who figured she could transfer her skill at matching executives with companies to fixing up the lovelorn with each other. And so Venus and Mars Matchmaking opened its doors in 2008.